Tropical Marine Climatic Atlas: Monthly Climatology Based on COADS Data

Monthly climatology for tropical marine regions, derived from 1900-1979 COADS 2x2 degree monthly summary data. Surface pressure data incorporates the NCAR 5x5 long-term climatology. The dataset is hosted by NASA Earthdata and originates from the SCIOPS organization.

Use Cases

• Modeling historical tropical marine climate based on monthly climatology data
• Analyzing long-term surface pressure trends over oceans based on the NCAR climatology
• Studying spatial patterns in marine weather using 2x2 degree gridded data
• Validating climate models against a 1900-1979 observational baseline

Strengths

• Data spans an 80-year period from 1900 to 1979
• Integrates two established climatological sources: COADS and NCAR
• Focuses on tropical marine regions, a specific and relevant domain

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

NASA Earthdata, organization SCIOPS

Collection Method

Climatology derived from COADS 2x2 degree monthly summary data and NCAR 5x5 long-term climatology for surface pressure.

Time Range

1900-1979

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Geography

Tropical marine regions